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Subject: Re: Pro-police: Illegal marijuana grow operation seized in Maine
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:05:02 -0400
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On 4/22/24 2:55 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <nccb2jpjlm0vllriq09n0jo12p7f51mh3d@4ax.com>,
>   shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, 21 Apr 2024 16:27:53 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:21:39 -0700, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In article <v03s02$fsao$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>> "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In Maine, in which those holding a state license may grow marijuana, an
>>>>>> unlicensed grow operation was busted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why were police suspicious?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) Cardboard-covered windows
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, 'cuz no one who wants to maintain privacy is ever not doing
>>>>>> something illegal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2) High electricity consumption
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Serves the perpretrators right for not going green with solar and
>>>>>> battery storge and staying entirely off grid.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gotta love those smart meters. Now, I don't think there was privacy in
>>>>>> electrical consumption but those were monthly records. These meters
>>>>>> allow remote access and provide detailed real-time analysis of
>>>>>> electrical consumption. This helps burglars know when you aren't home
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, burglars presumably don't have access to the Dept of Water and
>>>>> Power's usage meters.
>>>>>
>>>>>> and gives police all sorts of interesting information about your habits,
>>>>>> all of which are presumed to be crimes.
>>>>>
>>>>> And you can't even choose not to be hooked up to their surveillance
>>>>> system.
>>>>>
>>>>> Government is increasingly cracking down on anyone who tries to live
>>>>> independently and free of "the system".
>>>>>
>>>>> Like the woman in Cape Coral, Florida, who was threatened with eviction
>>>>> from her own home for daring to live "off the grid". She was generating
>>>>> her own electricity and using a rainwater shower and said she had no
>>>>> need for city utilities. The court ordered her to hook up to the grid or
>>>>> be evicted.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.naturalnews.com/044102_Orwellian_nightmare_off-the-grid_living
>>>>> _code_ordinances.html#
>>>>
>>>> That is ridiculous. Though presumably she doesn't have to use the city
>>>> utilities since she has her own. Though she will still have to pay the
>>>> basic access costs even if she never uses any of the city's power or
>>>> water. If the sewer bill is based off of water usage that should drop
>>>> to near $0.
>>>>
>>> There’s a minimum charge plus Usage. Even if you have your electricity
>>> turned off completely it still cost like 15 or $20 a month just to have the
>>> account.
>>
>> Ah, but if you don't pay it then they cut off the electricity and
>> water you weren't intending to use any way. Win Win
> 
> Yeah, I imagine there are plenty of people in Florida who don't pay
> their electric bill and get cut off, but they're not all evicted from
> their own homes for it.
> 
> Seems like this woman has been targeted specifically for her audacity to
> show she doesn't need the government.
> 


Gosh!  Government targeting some people for their audacity?
Good thing that Republicans would NEVER do this, amirite?

Unless you disagree with the petty elected officials like Disney did.
Disney got hammered because they disagreed with what Field Marshall 
DeSantis wanted.

But that's OK, isn't it?  So long as you like the target, you give them 
a pass.

-- 
"Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man’s mind." - OC 
Bible  25B.G.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ek8kap93bmk0q5w/D%20U%20N%20E%20Part%20II.jpg?dl=0

Gracie, age 6.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0es3xolxka455iw/BetterThingsToDo.jpg?dl=0